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Diana Damrau (Lucia), Charles Castronovo (Edgardo)
Diana Damrau (Lucia), Taylor Stayton (Arturo), Charles Castronovo (Edgardo), Ludovic Tezier (Enrico Ashton)
Kwangchul Youn (Raimondo), Charles Castronovo (Edgardo), Diana Damrau (Lucia), Ludovic Tezier (Enrico Ashton)
Diana Damrau (Lucia), Charles Castronovo (Edgardo), Rachael Lloyd (Alisa)
Diana Damrau (Lucia), Charles Castronovo (Edgardo)
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Lucia di LammermoorThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 22 | |
Returning to the crime scene: fresh blood improves Royal Opera's Lucia di Lammermoor |
 12 May 16 / Bachtrack |
Diana Damrau è stata una grandissima Lucia |
| 2 May 16 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Une Lucia di Lammermoor torturée par les démons du sexe |
| 30 Apr 16 / Diapason |
A performance that delivers as much as could be expected from this bel canto work |
| 28 Apr 16 / Opera Journal |
A travesty. And a complete waste of the audience's time – and money |
| 16 Apr 16 / The Jewish Chronicle |
Una pueril sobreescenificación de Lucia |
| 15 Apr 16 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
The production itself offers little, though the cast is uniformly impressive |
| 15 Apr 16 / Opera Today |
Damrau is utterly spellbounding |
| 15 Apr 16 / A Younger Theatre |
Katie Mitchell treats Donizetti’s masterpiece with too little respect |
| 13 Apr 16 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Dead on arrival |
| 12 Apr 16 / The Critics' Circle |
As it transpired, opening night was unusually insipid |
| 11 Apr 16 / Opera Britannia |
Despite the intermittent silliness, however, the opera carries a force that keeps you gripped |
| 10 Apr 16 / Express |
Musically, Katie Mitchell’s new production of Lucia di Lammermoor sees the Royal Opera at something approaching its very best |
| 10 Apr 16 / Music OMH |
Thrilling moments and misjudged ones fight it out in Katie Mitchell’s overworked new production |
| 10 Apr 16 / The Observer |
Katie Mitchell’s Lucia is sad, bad, mad and dangerous to know |
| 10 Apr 16 / Seen and Heard |
Sheer ecstasy in thrills and blood-spills |
| 9 Apr 16 / Evening Standard |
Katie Mitchell's conceptually interesting production is a mitigated success |
| 9 Apr 16 / What's on Stage |
Fussy, but an unforgettable finale |
| 9 Apr 16 / The Guardian |
Diana Damrau handled the direction well |
| 9 Apr 16 / Classical Source |
With its fussy over-direction, Katie Mitchell’s staging disappoints dramatically as well as musically |
| 8 Apr 16 / The Stage |
Too leaden even for the hecklers |
| 8 Apr 16 / Telegraph |
Flawed and floored: Katie Mitchell delivers a powerful Lucia at Covent Garden |
| 8 Apr 16 / Bachtrack |
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Opera must bring down the curtain on gimmickry and gore
Soaked in simulated blood and sex, Katie Mitchell’s production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at Covent Garden opened last week to an all too predictable barrage of boos and bravos.
Soaked in simulated blood and sex, Katie Mitchell’s production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at Covent Garden opened last week to an all too predictable barrage of boos and bravos.
ROH audience boo violent production of Lucia di Lammermoor
The opening night of a production of Lucia di Lammermoor has been booed by the audience at the Royal Opera House.
The opening night of a production of Lucia di Lammermoor has been booed by the audience at the Royal Opera House.
Be ready for blood
After unease about the gory staging, Diana Damrau defends a radical approach to Donizetti’s opera Lucia di Lammermoor.
After unease about the gory staging, Diana Damrau defends a radical approach to Donizetti’s opera Lucia di Lammermoor.
It's not 'PC gone mad'
The Royal Opera House was right to issue warnings about its latest production.
The Royal Opera House was right to issue warnings about its latest production.
Warning: art may broaden the mind. It should never apologise
The Royal Opera House has issued a content warning to opera-goers who’ve bought tickets for Lucia di Lammermoor. It’s a slippery slope.
The Royal Opera House has issued a content warning to opera-goers who’ve bought tickets for Lucia di Lammermoor. It’s a slippery slope.
Royal Opera House customers demand money back
Production officials receive 100 responses - including 40 refund requests - after email warning of graphic sex in Lucia di Lammermoor.
Production officials receive 100 responses - including 40 refund requests - after email warning of graphic sex in Lucia di Lammermoor.
Production details
Cast
Damrau/Kurzak, Tézier/Rucinski, Castronovo/Costello, Stayton/Kim, Youn/Rose, Lloyd, Hoare
(c) Oren (d) Mitchell
Performance dates
2, 7, 11, 14, 16, 19, 25 April, 11, 14, 16, 19 May 2016
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